Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)
is official launched by Congress president Sonia Gandhi on 6th February
2013 at Palghar in Maharashtra’s Thane district. Rashtriya Bal Swasthya
Karyakram (RBSK) is an initiative of Child Health Screening and early
intervention service.

The
initiative aims to provide a comprehensive healthcare package for all
children up to 18 by conflating earlier programmes where children up to
six years of age were examined in anganwadis by a medical officer, while
those from six to 18 years were covered under the School Health
Programme.The programme would soon be extended to all districts of the
country in a phased manner. This ambitious scheme, when implemented, is
expected to benefit approximately 27 crore children across the
country.As part of the programme, District Early Intervention Centres
are to be made operational in all districts to treat cases referred from
block levels. Tertiary health services would also be made available for
cases requiring surgery.